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j. F. BOYNTON.

Carbureter.

Patented Jan. 22, 1867.

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'lO ALL WHOM I'I MAY CONCER-N Be it known that I, JOHN F. BOYNTON, of thc city of Syracuse, Onondaga county, and State of New York, have invented a new and `improved apparatus for increasing the quantity of light from ordinary street gas and air, which I have named the Gas-Light Multiplier; and I do hereby decla-re that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation thereof', reference being had vto the annexed drawings, in which i Figure 1 is a sectional view of avsmall gas-light multiplier constructed for screwing to an upright nipple of agas-burner with the walls of the double tube equidistantfrom the inner surface ot the reservoir, dividing the vessel into an inner and outer chamber, Vwith a spreader or button over the ends of the tubes and wicks.

Figure 1 is a cross-section of fig. l, with a circular wick and tube.

Figure 2 is another arrangement, same as iig'l, except that the wick-tubes are differently constructed and arranged. I

Figure 2 is a cross-section oi' iig. 2, showing two single wicks and tubes.

Figure 3 is a modification of iig. 2, showing the walls of the gas-tube forming the inner wall of the wick,- :tube seen on the upper side of the plate with spreader fastened above.

Figure 3 is a cr'oss-section of tig. 3 in line x :v of tig. 3.

Figure 4 is an arrangement in an ellipsoidal form involving the same principles as shown in figs. 1, 2, and 3, the double tube dividing the vessel intotwo compartments. This form of the gas-multiplier is designed to be. applied at any point of the `gas pipes. The form of the double tube is elliptical or slightly flattened, and having capillary material between so arranged that the gas' in passing through the vessel is brought in contact with the upper end of the wick, as it passes over the tube from the outer to the inner chamber, or 'vice versa. The fluid being taken upby the wich is absorbed by the gas in passing over it. Thedrawing shows the elliptical or flattened tubes nearer to one end of the vessel lthan the other, thereby presenting a better convenience for arranging the entrance and exit pipes'. i By this arrangement diierent 'luids can be used inthe outer and inner chambcrs'at the same time, if desired,

' Figure il", crossMsection of iig. 4, seen from above.

Figure 5 is a gas-light mhlti'plier designed to be'usel on the supply pipes, made any suitable size, and adapted to any number of burners. It is constructed witha number of double partitions forming a series of flat wick-tubes, O Ol and Oi, and dividing the vesselwinto two compartments, C and D. The inner plates of the double partitions, O and O1, are soldered tightly to the bottom and sides of the vessel, so that different carbon= izing fluids may bc used iu each apartment without mixing previous to evaporization. The tubes O and Ol will draw the fluid from the outer apartment D, and the tube OJ will draw the fluid from the inner apartment, C; but

v when brought to thc tops of the tubes lby the capillary action of the'wicks, the diiferentuids will give oil" their respective vapors to thc passing gas commingling together. The several apartments, however, may bev each filled with the same carbonizing fluid or the same mixture of fluids. It will be seen that as the tubes containing the wicks or capillary material open only at their bottoms and tops all the liquids brought 'up by the capillary action of the wicks must be drawn from the lower and heavier strata, so that, while the4 lighter liquids readily evaporate from their upper surfaces, the heavier will be carried from the bottom through the wicks and tubes and brought in Contact with thc-gas at the top of the vessel, thereby securing a more equal evaporization of the heavier with the lighter material.

a aentrance and cXit tubes; B tubes containing wicks; b wick-tube seen nearer one end of lthe vessel than the other; C inner chambers; D outer chambers; E gas-spreader or button over tubes and wicks; F wicks seen in red; G fibrous material attachcdto the inside of the cover with one end dipping into the compartment; II outer walls of the vessel; I place forllling.

My invention consists in drawing thc carbonizing fluid by means of capillary action from the bottom of the box or vessel to the upper portion of the saine, so that the heavier portions of the said carbonizing fluid will be constantly 'evaporated in the upper part of thc vessel, and also in causing the gas to move slowly in a thin stratum over the ends of the wicks by which said carhonizing iiuid is drawn up, as aforesaid, and where it evaporates and-mixes with thegas, enriching it with illuminating elements.

Having thus described my invention and the several modes of carrying it into effect, what I claim in this application, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a carburetting box or vessel, a tube or tubes, whether flat, cylindrical, or of other form, filled with fibrous or capillary material, and so arranged, with openings at the bottom, that the carbonizing fluid will be constantly drawn by capillary action from the lower and heavier strata and subjected Ato evaporization in the upper portion of the vessel, substantially as described.

2. In a carburetting box or vessel, constructed and operating as herein described, I claim so arranging the capillary tubes that the gas in its passage through the vessel will move slowly in a thin stratum over the ends of thewicks containing the carbonizing fluid, substantially as described.

3. I also claim dividing the carburetting" vessel into two or more compartments by soldering one of the plates forming eaoh'of the double partitions or wick-tubes to the bottom and sides of the vessel, so that two or more different carbonizing fluids may be used in the same vessel Without mixing prcvioiis tol evaporization.

JOHN F. BOYN TON.

' Witnesses:

Jos. L. CooMBs, EDM. F. BROWN. 

